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- Lindmark, Ulrika, 1965-, et al.
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Oral health-related resources - a salutogenic perspective on Swedish 19-year-olds
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Dental Hygiene. - : Wiley. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 13:1, s. 56-64
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim was to explore health-oriented resources among 19-year-olds and, specifically, how these resources interact with oral health-related attitudes and behaviour. To represent individuals with various psychosocial environments and socioeconomic areas, the participants were selected from different geographical locations of the Public Dental Service clinics in the county of Jonkoping, Sweden. A structured questionnaire was distributed, including the instrument sense of coherence', for description of the study group, followed by a semi-structured thematized interview. The qualitative method used for sampling and analyses was grounded theory. Data sampling and analysis were performed in parallel procedures and ended up in a sample of ten informants (five women). In the analysis of interview data, a core category was identified, Resources of Wealth and Balance in Life - a Foundation for Healthy Choices', describing the central meaning of the informants' perceptions of resources with an essential beneficial impact on oral health. The core category was built on five themes, which in turn had various subthemes, describing different dimensions of resources interacting with beneficial oral health-related attitudes and behaviour: Security-building Resources and Support', Driving force and Motivation', Maturity and Insight', Health Awareness' and Environmental influences.' The results elucidate personal and environmental health-oriented resources with influence on oral health-related attitudes and behaviours of young individuals. Such beneficial recourses should be recognized by dental personnel to promote oral health.
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| 15353. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika, et al.
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Resources of Wealth and Balance in life – Essential for Oral health among Swedish 19-year olds
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Dental Hygiene. - : Wiley. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 11:3, s. 156-173
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Objectives: The aim was to explore health oriented resources among 19-year olds and in specific how these health oriented recourses interacts with oral health related attitudes and behaviors.Methods: Participants, 19-year olds living in Jönköping, were strategically selected in connection with the annual examination at the Public Dental Service. A structured questionnaire included background factors and Antonovsky´s 13-items Life-orientation questionnaire measuring ‘Sense of coherence’ (SOC), followed by a thematized in-depth interview. The qualitative method chosen was Grounded Theory (GT). In accordance with GT, datasampling and analyses is performed in a parallel procedure that continues until new data do not bring anything vital into the analysis model. Nine informants (four women) have so far been included in the study.Preliminary results: The preliminary analysis model suggests a core category labeled ‘Resources of Wealth and Balance in Life’ which seemed to be essential for healthy choices influencing oral health related attitudes and behaviors. This core category is built on five interrelated themes describing different dimensions of health related recourses. Security and support from family and friends, internal resources such as self-efficacy but also different strategies to coop with everyday life were highlighted as central resources. Values and expectation within life context, your own experience and needs but also thoughts about future oral health conditions, were important for motivation towards healthy choices. Moreover, availability to community resources such as supermarkets, opportunity for self-cooking and a healthy diet, but also health messages from media, school and dental care as well as the psychosocial environment were described as influencing factors for healthy choices. Conclusions: The interplay between different external and internal resources were described as essential for healthy choices and oral health. Focusing on such beneficial resources could be a success factor in prevention and oral health promotion strategies.
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| 15354. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika
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Resursrikedom och balans i livet ger god munhälsa hos 19-åringar
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syftet var att undersöka hälsoorienterade resurser bland 19-åringar och hur dessa interagerar med orala hälsorelaterade attityder och beteenden.Deltagare, 19-åringar som bor i Jönköping, var strategiskt utvalda i samband med den årliga undersökningen på Folktandvården. En strukturerad enkät besvarades innehållande bakgrundsfaktorer och Antonovskys livsfrågeformulär som mäter "känsla av sammanhang" (KASAM), följt av en tematiserad djupintervju. Den kvalitativa analysmetoden var Grounded Theory. Nio informanter (fyra kvinnor) har hittills tagits med i studien.Den preliminära analysen visar en kärnkategori, "Resursrikedom och balans i livet", som tycks vara avgörande för hälsosamma val som påverkar orala hälsorelaterade attityder och beteenden. Denna kärnkategori bygger på fem inbördes relaterade teman som beskriver olika dimensioner av hälsorelaterade resurser. Trygghet och stöd från familj och vänner, interna resurser såsom självtillit men också olika strategier för att hantera vardagen lyftes fram som centrala resurser. Värderingar och förväntningar, egen erfarenhet och behov, men också tankar om framtida orala hälsotillstånd, var viktiga för motivation till hälsosamma val. Dessutom ansågs tillgången till samhällets resurser såsom stormarknader, möjlighet till självhushåll, en hälsosam kost, men också hälsobudskap från media, skola och tandvård samt den psykosociala miljön som påverkande faktorer för hälsosamma val.Slutsats: Samspelet mellan olika externa och interna resurser beskrevs som avgörande för hälsosamma val och oral hälsa. Fokus på individens resurser kan vara en framgångsfaktor i förebyggande och munhälsofrämjande åtgärder.
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| 15355. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika, et al.
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Sense of Coherence and Food Selection in Adults
- 2004
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Ingår i: Oral health and prevention during the different stages of life. ; , s. 1-, s. 1-
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Background: “Sense of coherence” (SOC) influences the individual´s capacity to handle events associated with health (Antonovsky, 1987). Peoples selection of eating habits may be regarded as a “life choice” (Johansson et al, 2001; Lännernäs et al, 1997; Palojoki, 1997) as it is made against the knowledge that dietary habits influence endemic diseases (Falkenberg, 2001; Wolfram, 2003). Aim: The aim of the study was to examine if SOC is associated with food selection. Method: The study population were 3,072 woman and 2,920 men, from the 1999 year WHO MONICA project in northern Sweden. Data were collected by the Antonovsky short SOC questionnaire (13 items)(Antonovsky,1987), and a semi-quantitative food questionnaire (84 items) (Johansson et al, 2001). Results: Both men and woman with the lowest SOC scores consumed less healthy food like vegetables and fruits but more fat and sucrose containing products than individuals with high SOC scores (t-test, ANOVA, post hoc-test). Conclusion: It is concluded that individuals with a low SOC score have less favorable dietary habits.
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| 15356. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika, 1965-, et al.
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Sense of coherence and its relationship with oral health-related behaviour and knowledge of and attitudes towards oral health
- 2011
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Ingår i: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0301-5661 .- 1600-0528. ; 39:6, s. 542-553
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To investigate the relationship between sense of coherence (SOC), oral health–related behaviour, knowledge of and attitudes towards oral health in an adult Swedish population.Methods: A cross-sectional design with a stratified random sample of 910 individuals aged 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 years were invited to the study, from Jönköping, Sweden. The investigation used the Swedish short version of the SOC questionnaire comprising 13 items and self-reported questions about oral health habits and knowledge of and attitudes towards oral health. In addition, a self-report questionnaire to elicit demographic information was included.Results: A total of 525 individuals, 261 men and 264 women, answered all the 13-item SOC questions, which constituted the final number of the participants. After adjustment for all the sociodemographic factors included in the analysis, individuals with a stronger SOC had twice as high a chance of having healthier behaviour, including a lower frequency of snacks and drinks between meals, as well as a more positive attitude, such as the importance of having one’s own teeth as one gets older, satisfaction with their own teeth, perceiving their teeth as good and no feeling of dental fear, compared with individuals with a poorer SOC. Moreover, SOC and a good knowledge of caries were significantly associated after adjustment for age and gender.Conclusions: SOC was significantly associated with several oral health–related behaviours, attitudes towards oral health and knowledge of dental caries. When working with oral health promotion, SOC could be a way for promoting a better understanding of the behaviour and attitudes of individuals and for enabling dental personals to use that knowledge for the guidance of the individual.
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| 15357. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika, et al.
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"Sense of coherence" and oral health in an adult population : an epidemiological study
- 2007
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Ingår i: 7th conference on advances in health care science research.
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Objective: The aim was to investigate the individual distribution regarding ‘Sense of coherence’ (SOC) and oral health in an adult population. Method: A random sample of 589 individuals from Jönköping, Sweden, aged 20,30,40,50,60,70 and 80 years old, was used. Clinical and radiographical examinations were performed and a questionnaire measuring attitudes, knowledge of oral health and SOC (13-items) was included. Total SOC score and the three components; comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness which SOC is built upon was analyzed. Results: A total of 526 individuals participated in the study, 263 men and 263 women. The individual SOC score showed an increase with age, and the youngest group (20 years) had a significantly lower SOC score compared to the other age groups. Elderly men had a statistical significantly higher SOC compared to the elderly women (60 and 70 age groups). Analysing the three components, comprehensibility had statistical significantly higher mean SOC score, compared to manageability and meaningfulness. When dividing the participants into two subgroups, one with low (<66 points) and one with high (> 76 points) SOC score respectively, 55% among 20 years old had low SOC score compared to 18% for 80 years olds. The result described different personalities, depending on high and low SOC scores in comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness, according to Antonovsky´s model about the dynamic relations between the three components in SOC. Preliminary results showed that individuals with high SOC had statistical significant more number of decayed and filled surfaces (DFS) compared to individuals with low SOC. Conclusion: The distribution of SOC score differed regarding age and gender. Younger individuals had lower SOC scores compared to elderly individuals. A clear association was found between SOC scores and oral health measured by number of DFS.
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| 15358. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika, et al.
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Sense of coherence and oral health status in an adult Swedish population
- 2010
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Ingår i: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0001-6357 .- 1502-3850. ; 69, s. 12-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective. To investigate sense of coherence in relation to oral health status in an adult Swedish population in order to better understand the determinants of positive oral health-promoting behavior and differences in oral health.Material and methods. A stratified random sample of 910 individuals from Jönköping, Sweden aged 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 years was obtained. The investigation used the Swedish short version of the Sense of Coherence (SOC) questionnaire comprising 13 items and a self-report questionnaire to elicit demographic information. In addition, a clinical and radiographic oral examination was performed.Results. A total of 525 individuals, 261 men and 264 women, consented to participate in the study. Bivariate analysis revealed that higher mean SOC scores were statistically significantly associated with more decayed and filled surfaces (DFS) and filled surfaces (FS), fewer decayed surfaces (DS), fewer teeth with calculus and periodontal health. Multivariate analysis showed that higher SOC scores represented a predictor of fewer occurrences of a periodontal probing pocket depth of ‡4 mm and a lower risk of plaque in different regression models.Conclusions. Higher SOC scores may be a protective determinant of plaque and periodontal disease, indicating an association between SOC and oral health.
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- Lindmark, Ulrika, 1965-, et al.
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Sense of coherence (SOC), a determinant to oral health status among adults? : a cross sectional population study
- 2008
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Ingår i: International Research Seminar on Salutogenesis and at the 1st Research Meeting of the IUHPE Thematic Working Group on Salutogenesis.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Aim To investigate sense of coherence in relation to oral health status. Method A stratified random sample of 910 individuals from Jönköping, Sweden, aged 20,30,40,50,60,70 and 80 years old, was used. The investigation contained the Swedish 13-items version of the SOC questionnaire and a self-reported questionnaire about demographic information. In addition an oral clinical and radiographical examination was performed. Results A total of 525 individuals participated in the study, 261 men and 264 women. Socioeconomic factors such as age, marital status, income and education had a statistical significant association to SOC. Bivariate analyse showed that higher mean SOC scores had a statistically significant relationships with more decayed filled surfaces (DFS) and filled surfaces (FS), less caries severity, less teeth with calculus and a better periodontal health. Logistic regression analysis showed that Individuals with high SOC score were predictive of high DFS and FS but low gingivitis scores. After controlling for age, high SOC scores showed a protective effect for gingivitis and dental plaque. Conclusions Socioeconomic factors had an association with SOC. Statistical associations were found between SOC scores and oral health status with regard to several important oral clinical variables and high SOC scores may indicate a protective determinant for gingivitis and plaque.
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| 15360. |
- Lindmark, Ulrika, et al.
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Sense of Coherence (SOC) and Oral Health among Swedish Adults – A Population Study
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: Research are suggested studying the complex causal processes to understand and explain people’s behaviour and actions in their living context, which both can be promoting or unfavourable for oral health. A way to measure health related behaviour is with sense of coherence (SOC), which estimate a person’s degree of an inside strength and attitude to the world around, and by that maintaining health. A person with high level of SOC have been seen to have an adaptive health behaviour. The aim was to investigate a person’s ability to maintaining health, in terms of Sense of coherence in relation to oral health. Method: A stratified random sample of 910 individuals from Jönkping, Sweden, aged 20,30,40,50,60,70 and 80 years old, was used. The investigation contained the Swedish short version of The orientation to life questionnaire (SOC) with 13-items and a self-reported questionnaire about demographic information, oral health related behaviour and attitudes to oral health. These questionnaires were distributed in addition to the clinical and radiographical examination. Results: A total of 525 individuals participated in the study, 261 men and 264 women. Mean SOC scores increased with age, and the youngest group (20-year-olds) had a significantly lower SOC score compared to the other age groups. Bivariate results showed that individuals with higher SOC scores had statistically significant relationships with oral clinical status such as more decayed filled surfaces (DFS), less caries severity, less teeth with calculus and a higher degree of periodontal health. SOC was also significantly associated with gingivitis and dental plaque, after controlling for socioeconomic and demographic factors. Conclusions: Younger individuals had lower SOC scores compared to elderly individuals. Some statistical associations were found between SOC scores and oral health with regard to several important oral clinical variables and higher SOC scores may indicate a protective determinant for gingivitis and plaque.
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